DEIJ in HDFS Programs and Learning

HDFS Undergraduate Courses with DEIJ Content, Themes, and/or Readings

Catalog Number Title Description Campus Semester
HDFS 1060 Close Relationships Across the Lifespan Examines diverse relationships with attention to topics such as human sexuality, power, and inclusion in various contexts. Content will allow students to further their understanding of processes and structures of close relationships in contemporary society and the interaction of personal choice and societal influences in decisions about personal relationships. Storrs, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury Fall 2024
HDFS 2001 Diversity Issues in HDFS This course examines critical issues in diversity as they relate to human development and family studies from a constructivist perspective. The basic premise of a constructivist perspective is that reality is socially constructed—that is, what we come to know as reality is created and recreated through social interaction. Storrs, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury Fall 2024